Beilschmiedia micrantha (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Beilschmiedia micrantha Merr.

Protologue: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 85 (1929).

Vernacular names

• Malaysia: medang wangi (Sabah).

Distribution

Borneo (Sabah).

Uses

The wood is used as medang, e.g. for light construction and flooring.

Observations

A tree with a bole up to 45 cm in diameter; leaves 15-20 cm × 4.5-12 cm, midrib prominent below, petiole 1-1.5 cm long; flowers densely pubescent; fruit subglobose, 1.5-2 cm in diameter. B. micrantha is still insufficiently known, occurring in humid lowland forest. The density of the wood is about 480 kg/m³at 15% moisture content.

Selected sources

12, 77, 427, 549.